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I looked at my friend Shylock Humes, and then at the huddled figure in the leather armchair.
"Dead, Humes?" I ejaculated. It was all right, the butler had a cloth I could use.
"No, Flotsam", answered my friend Shylock Humes. "I am not dead - though, in view of the paltry audience we get for this rubbish, I may as well be. No, I mean the figure in this leather armchair. His Lordship. He is qu...

A shock government report leaked to journalists suggests that goldfish, mainly the ones kept in glass bowls on old people's sideboards or TV sets, actually do get bored.
An exhaustive study has revealed that goldfish kept in cramped spaces, such a...

"Inspector Livingstone-Stanley I presume!" I ejaculated (where was Mrs Dudson with her cloth when you needed it).
The Inspector winced, as he always did when I made this joke (the David Livingstone joke, not the ejaculation joke - the latter is just between me and you).
Inspector Stanley Livingstone-Stanley was all for bursting into the parlour to see Shylock Humes, but I was able to foresta...

Throckmortons was packed. There was a sale of hats on. I fought my way through the crowd, determined to avoid being taken for a fool, and to stick to my mission - the purchase of two storage jars for fruit-bottling purposes.
An hour later, alighting from the hansom at 221B Candlestick Maker Street with the new storage jars, a top hat, a sou'wester and a bowler, I was accosted by a thoroughly d...

"Make a long arm and consult Bradshaw, Flotsam!"
My friend Shylock Humes sat hunched in his armchair like a broken-backed black beetle smoking his 'thinking pipe'. Why he wanted an armchair shaped like a pipe-smoking beetle was beyond me.
At least I could rely on good old Bradshaw. "You need the 5:30 express from Victoria, Humes, as far as Littlehampton. Then take the 9:15 Rottingdean sleepe...

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Holiday tips from Santa!

When interviewed, Santa clause was quoted saying "Remember, if you're going to jingle then please jingle all the way". So remember folks, Santa doesn't like a half-assed jingler.

Trump Names Sarah Palin as Chief of Staff of...

...the Upstairs Maid Crew for the White House!

Fidel Castro's Death Leads to 9 Days of Mourning

Trump's election is 22 days of mourning and counting.

Irish Priest Barred by Vatican

Controversial Irish Catholic theologian, Fr. Finnbar O'Murphy has been excommunicated by Pope Francis for declaring that "Jesus Christ did not want to suffer... for humanity or anything else."

Mike Pence Doesn't Want to Be Called Vice-President Because He is Against Vice

He thinks "The Deputy President," or even "President, Jr." would be acceptable though.

Mike Pence Doesn't Want to Be Called Vice-President Because He is Against Vice

The Deputy President, or even President, Jr. or would be okay though.

New Category in This Years Oscars

The new category is "The Dumbest Lyrics in a Musical".Fav is The Bodyguard where... Whitney Houston sings to Kevin Costner..."We both know I'm not what you... you neeeed..." What he needed was specs.

George W. Bush and Barack Obama Are Secretly Glad Trump Was Elected

They know that when Trump's term is over, no one will ever call THEM "Worst President Ever" again.

Thanksgiving Pardon

Today President Obama pardoned all the turkeys who voted for Donald Trump.

They will live out their lives standing in unemployment lines, waiting for Mr. Trump to Make America Great Again.

Trump Says He Forgot His Secret Plan to Defeat ISIS

"It's so secret I was afraid to write it down. But it'll come to me, I'm sure" said Trump.

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